MergePublication Object (SQL-DMO)

The MergePublication object represents a merge publication. A publication contains one or more articles (tables) that contain the replicated data.

Remarks

With the MergePublication object, you can:

• Create a new merge publication.
• Change the properties of an existing merge publication.

To create a merge publication

1. Create a new MergePublication object.
2. Set the Name property.
3. Set the PublicationAttributes property as appropriate.
   • To enable push subscriptions, use SQLDMOPubAttrib_AllowPush.
   • To enable pull subscriptions, use SQLDMOPubAttrib_AllowPull.
   • To enable anonymous subscriptions, use SQLDMOPubAttrib_AllowPull and SQLDMOPubAttrib_AllowAnonymous.
   • To enable Internet subscriptions, use SQLDMOPubAttrib_InternetEnabled.
4. Add the MergePublication object to the MergePublications collection of a connected ReplicationDatabase object.

To alter a merge publication

1. Get a MergePublication object from the MergePublications collection of a connected ReplicationDatabase object.
2. Use the BeginAlter method to mark the beginning of the changes.
3. Set the MergePublication properties to reflect the changes to the merge publication.
4. Use the DoAlter method to submit the changes to Microsoft® SQL Server™.

Methods

Properties